{"id":477550,"date":"2025-12-29T11:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/477550\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:59:17","slug":"new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-touts-decrease-in-violent-crime-as-time-in-office-draws-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/477550\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Mayor Eric Adams touts decrease in violent crime as time in office draws to a close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK, New York (WABC) &#8212; New York City Mayor Eric Adams is touting his tough-on-crime legacy as he prepares to leave office in a few days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Adams credits anti-violence teams with a reduction in crime, from homicides to shootings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Unofficially, the city appears to be on track to have the lowest number of homicides before the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police data shows that the number of homicides in 2025 so far sits at 301. That&#8217;s 79 less from the same time last year &#8212; a 21% decrease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Shooting incidents are down 24%, 211 less than in 2024. There&#8217;s also a 22% decrease in shooting victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mayor Adams credits the current crisis management system for the low number of homicides and shootings, employing teams of credible messengers that mediate conflicts on the street and connect high-risk individuals to services to prevent violence before it starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">From 2010 to 2019, data shows the system had contributed to an average of 40% reduction in shootings in program areas, compared to a 31% decline in shootings in the highest violence precincts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This was all backed by a $36M investment from the administration and City Council.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK, New York (WABC) &#8212; New York City Mayor Eric Adams is touting his tough-on-crime legacy as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":451696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[216347,5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-477550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-216347","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115802745476784773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}